DETROIT – Drew Miller skated Tuesday with a few teammates for the first time since needing surgery to repair a broken lower jaw suffered on Dec. 3.
Still a few weeks from returning to the lineup, Miller has been testing out a plastic face shield attached to his helmet beneath the visor.
“I tried it out yesterday and then back out today a little longer, 20 minutes,” he said. “It was nice to get on the ice.”
Miller was injured during a violent first-period collision with Arizona’s Klas Dahlbeck. A wobbly Miller got to his skates, but needed help from a linesman, who led the forward to the Wings’ bench.